Comments on: Marvin Lewis won’t complain about Whitworth’s costly penalty

By: whodeyjones

whodeyjones — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:56:39 +0000

steveyurks38
How about talking intelligent football instead of being classless? That’s like saying everyone in Penn. is like Sandusky. You must live in Ohio but love the Steelers.

By: lawboy2000

lawboy2000 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:55:13 +0000

See, Mr. Holmgren?! That’s a classy loser.

By: melikefootball

melikefootball — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:09:41 +0000

Before you take sides….if it wasn’t a problem to Lewis….why did he bring it up?????

By: steelersownyou

steelersownyou — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:30:17 +0000

I love how people think steelers get every call…haha ya right. Funny how when your team gets flagged its unjustified but when the other team does its justice! I love it when people hate on the steelers. If they didnt i’d be worried. Cause that means were a top organization! And we all know the STEELERS ARE!

By: hehateu

hehateu — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:50:41 +0000

Hell- we’re beyond complaining its a given that our QB(steelers) will be hit late repeatedly without penalties being called-so much so that if i was an opposing coach i would order my players to hit him late. Is it a conspiracy-hell no, the league is way too stupid to plan for that. The fact is that the league has horrible officiating and you have to be ready to account for that

By: steveyurk38

steveyurk38 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:38:39 +0000

im not so sure andy dalton isnt formally a penn state coach…. that recently was suspended

By: steveyurk38

steveyurk38 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:37:42 +0000

why does marvin lewis always have a dumb deer in the headlight look on his face.

By: goawayeverybody

goawayeverybody — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:30:24 +0000

The loss was on the officials not the players. The officials did the same thing to the Bengals the last time they played the Stealers in Cincinnati. Certain franchises get special treatment from the refs and the Stealers are definitely one of them. So are the Patsies.

By: stlsteelerfan

stlsteelerfan — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:23:01 +0000

Bad calls happen both ways in any given game (I know Steelers haters won’t admit it…but an intelligent observer will realize this)

You just have to play well enough that the refs can’t “take the game away” with one or two plays.

Or, I guess you can keep crying about what somebody else did, but there’s a reason whiners who always blame someone else don’t excel in life

By: contraryguy

contraryguy — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:48:28 +0000

Marvin doesn’t have much to complain about in general. 6-3 and Whit and Co. are keeping the Ginger Kid upright most of the time. Bigger fish to fry anyway, like who’s going to fill Leon Hall’s spot for the rest of the year.

By: peytonwantsaflag

peytonwantsaflag — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:44:26 +0000

Marvin won’t complain – he’s a class guy.

Hey, you play the Stealers and you play the refs and media too – that’s the way it is. How many articles have you seen about Roethlisburger being half a yard past the the line of scrimmage on his touchdown pass, or the phantom first down when the chain measurement clearly showed them 3 inches short?

the answer is none.

By: adstout

adstout — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:30:52 +0000

In general the refs have been sht this year.

By the way…when is the NFL going to get a clue and change the pass interference from being a spot foul to instead a 15 – 20 yd penalty. The refs get so many of these calls wrong and this call changes has such a big impact it needs changed. college has it right.

By: Kaz

Kaz — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:57:20 +0000

That Steelers, is how you handle being penalized. Classy Marvin. Good to see you didn’t take a page from the Steelers and claim the league is out to get you, boo hoo for us, it’s unfair, they pick on us, are coach told us to lead with our helmets etc….

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:46:22 +0000

The Bungals might be able to win 3 more games this year.

9-7 would be a great year in Cincinnati.

By: flushdownmikebrown

flushdownmikebrown — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:31:04 +0000

Bengals are still just a small step away from the Steelers and Ravens I think…. but close

That would have been a different outcome if AJ Green stayed in the game too. Great game and excited to see the AFC North get after each other down the stretch……

PS: Good thing the Browns are relevant #BrownsSuck

By: mvpolamalu

mvpolamalu — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:19:00 +0000

Everybody shut up. Its a penalty, it needs t be called. Just because it didnt affect the play doesent meannits illegal. You could poke his eye out. A horsecollar tackle out of bounds doesent affect the play, but its a penalty.

By: Confucius

Confucius — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:11:57 +0000

If ref sees a penalty, you’re not doing the job well enough anyway.

By: darthvincent

darthvincent — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:10:51 +0000

By our NFL rules, it’s not anything that affected the play whatsoever.

So the coach of the Bengals is advocating cheap-shots to opposing players on the backside of plays…

By: dchambers144

dchambers144 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:05:13 +0000

Same as the personal foul penalty on Timmons. On replay it looked like he was already committed to the hit, realized it would be late and tried to pull up. He ended up sliding into the Bengals player sideways and with very little force yet they still called a personal foul. A little discretion could have been used by the officials and in both cases I would have been fine with no-calls. But, if they call the entire game by the letter of the law both ways, I really don’t have a problem with that other than it can slow the game down.

By: holeinone09

holeinone09 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:01:31 +0000

It was a tightly played and exciting game to the end, we all got our money’s worth. Good to see our old rivalry with the Bengals heating back up again. Bengals have a nice young QB and some talented WRs, and the team looks to be on the rise. Looking forward to the next game. And good luck beating the Ravens this weekend!

GO STEELERS!!

By: rowdycactus

rowdycactus — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:53:47 +0000

NO WAY! A Bill Leavy-led officiating crew made a controversial holding call against a Steelers opponent in the fourth quarter of a critical game? I don’t believe it. Bill Leavy would never, ever, ever allow his officiating to impact the outcome of a game. Ask Matt Hasselbeck, he’ll tell you.

By: numberonesteelerhater

numberonesteelerhater — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:44:49 +0000

A classy response.

By: bballpat07

bballpat07 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:40:25 +0000

Bengals played the Steelers tough. Great game to watch and will be a great rivalry in the division for the next decade.

Bengals fans did not blame the refs for their loss on Sunday but this article makes it look like they were complaining about the calls. The calls went both ways.

As a Bengal fan, I could not have been more proud of my team for the season so far and going forward.

tldr: Bengals didn’t blame refs and I’m still proud of them.

By: holeinone09

holeinone09 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:39:36 +0000

Happens all the time. In that same game, Heath Miller was called for a penalty that nullified a TD pass by Ben, and he had nothing to do with anyone involved in that pass play. It’s football.